Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves Robles speaks to supporters after addressing a legislative committee in San Jose, Costa Rica, ...

Laura Fernández has expressed her intention to copy El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s anti-gang strategies.

Costa Rica’s Supreme Court of Justice on Tuesday asked Congress — for the first time in the history of this country with a well-established democratic tradition — to lift the immunity of President ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Despite Costa Rica’s highest homicide rates occurring under outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves, Costa Ricans appeared poised to throw their support to his handpicked ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves on Tuesday celebrated the failure of an effort by lawmakers in congress to strip his immunity so that he could be prosecuted for alleged ...

President Rodrigo Chaves brushed off concerns about Costa Rica’s surging violence during his Wednesday press conference, insisting the security situation “is not as serious” as critics claim. He ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica’s Congress fell short Monday of the supermajority required to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of immunity in order to prosecute him on corruption charges. Chaves' ...

SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Costa Rica's attorney general's office filed illicit campaign financing charges against President Rodrigo Chaves and six other government officials on Monday, asking the Supreme ...

Costa Rica’s Congress has fallen short of the supermajority required to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of immunity in order to prosecute him on corruption charges FILE - Costa Rican President Rodrigo ...

FILE - Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves speaks to supporters after addressing a legislative committee considering a request from the Supreme Court to lift his immunity so he can stand trial on ...